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Do homeless people have the right to sleep in their cars overnight, take up space on a sidewalk for extended periods of time, or access public restrooms?
In many cases, police have said no. Cops in L.A. have rousted the homeless for sleeping overnight on sidewalks, for example, leading to legal action by the ACLU:
And Venice's burgeoning RV-based homeless population has inspired new rules (parking restrictions), crackdowns and sweeps.
A new bill by California Assemblyman Tom Ammiano would codify new rules for how authorities can deal with people on the street. He calls it the "Homeless Bill of Rights Act."
The legislation, AB 5, today passed a key hurdle when the Assembly Judiciary Committee Tuesday gave it a thumbs up in a 7-2 vote.
It would appear to tie the hands of law enforcement bent on using bullshit laws -- loitering!? -- to rouse people hanging out in spaces controlled by the people.
According to the latest language in the proposal:
The bill would provide that every person has the right to access public property, possess personal property, access public restrooms, clean water, educational supplies, as specified, emergency and nonemergency health care, confidentiality of medical records, assistance of legal counsel in specified proceedings, and restitution, under specified circumstances. The bill would provide immunity from employer retaliation, to a public employee who provides assistance to a homeless person.
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The Milan Expo under-construction site opened its gates to representatives to underscore their ambitions to revitalize the Italian economy. Not set to open until 2015, Prime Minister Mario Monti has endorsed the project, calling it an extraordinary opportunity. Participants believe this will showcase Italy's determination to find long term solutions to their continuing economic issues.
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It is christmas and that means we need a ghost story. This is mine.
So as a kid I was obsessed with the paranormal. Properly obsessed. UFOs, ghosts, supernatural powers, the whole deal. It was pre-internet so all this arcane knowledge had to be deciphered from from tatty second hand books pilfered from car boot sales and dusty shops.
Eventually I headed to secondary school and where I was lucky enough to encounter some tremendous science teachers. They infected me with the scientific method and, surprisingly, it didn't immunise me from the paranormal at all.
It strengthened my belief in it. For I knew I could use the scientific method to prove it all true.
But over time being skeptical and scientific knocked down the crazy things I wanted to be true. One little piece at a time. I saw the contradictions and intentional reproductions of previously admitted hoaxes and began to lose faith in the paranormal community.
But then I saw a ghost.
I would often walk down by the canal near my house. The entrance was especially pretty with trees overhanging the path that opened up to a view of a metal bridge and the canal itself.
Then one day as I walked up to that path I saw a man with his back to me. He was wearing jeans, and a top that was a green, or maybe blue. He had dark brown hair and he was clearly staring at the water from the bridge.
I was certain he was going to jump and try to kill himself. Completely certain. I remember my heart leaping. Striking my chest like a solid punch. I actually shouted out to him, but he ignored me. I was so worried I was routed to the spot. Eventually I snapped out of it, shouted again and rushed towards him.
He disappeared.
I don't think I've ever felt fear like I did when the suicidal man disappeared. I was rooted to the spot again with fear. I was physically shaking; a sudden cold washed over me and I didn't know what to do.
So I just stood there.
It all made sense, it was a ghost of a man who jumped to his death. It wasn't a tall bridge, but the water was full of junk and he was bound to have got caught on a trolley or something, been unable to resurface, and drowned. As it was suicide he had never found peace and was stuck repeating what had already happened.
As shaken as I was I suddenly realised I was right, and I was damn well going to use science to prove it. And so, on little more than a whim, I started pacing around the area I had been standing before I moved.
I must have looked a little strange.
I stood there inching around and moving my head this way and that for maybe 5 minutes. Which is a very long time to be acting like that. And it all seemed fruitless. But science requires rigour and so I stuck at it.
Eventually I got the ghost to return.
The branches of the trees were crossing the bridge in such a way that they outlined a crude shape of a man. The colour of the canal, grass, sky and concrete filled in the shape with jeans and a top, and gave him a reasonable head of hair.
As the wind blew the trees the image came and went and never had the absolute, complete reality that it's first appearance had, but even now I knew what was happening, it was a damn impressive optical illusion.
I was astonished at what a complete picture and story my mind had created with just this simple nudge from a random arrangement of the environment. If I was in a rush and had to keep walking, if I couldn't have spent all that time tilting my head this way and that like a moronic bird then to this day I would still be willing to bet my life, and that of my families, on the existence of a ghost on that bridge. I also realised that not once in the retelling of the tale would I ever think to mention the overhanging branches and soon I would forget they were even there. No skeptic, no matter how talented, would be able to solve the mystery from the most honest testimony I could give.
But I had the time, the good fortune, and scientific curiosity to stop and stare and rock back and forth and to test. And so I managed to disprove my very own ghost, and in doing so I got first hand experience of how completely and utterly my brain could lie to me.
And so seeing a ghost changed my life.
The time I saw a ghost.
3 comments:
- Jo said...
Your story is almost identical to mine. Similar background, grew up reading about the paranormal, discovered science in my late teens (most of it after I left school, sadly) and one day when I was about 19 I too saw a ghost.
She looked like the old lady from Ghostbusters. She hovered a foot or so off the floor, was glowing and she tilted her head when I tilted mine. Frightened the life out of me.
Came back later that night with my brother and we both saw her. He was scared, ran back to the car.
Went back the next night with more people and we saw her again.
I was determined to find an explanation - if I eliminate everything else then I was prepared to accept it could have been a ghost.
Discovered it was the most amazing optical illusion caused by a light hitting the hull of a boat that was resting vertically against a building.
A little magic and mystery died that day, but at the same time it killed my belief in the supernatural and gave me a better understanding of reality. - 11:03 pm
- Bard said...
It's refreshing to read an anti-ghost story for a change. I myself had an interest in the paranormal as a child, and even today I enjoy the topic as a source of fictional entertainment, but there comes a time when you have to face the reality of your own experience.
I've never seen a ghost nor a false ghost. I've seen UFOs, but that says nothing other than the fact that I could not personally identify what they were. I like to keep an open mind, and while I'm sure that science can eventually prove that something like extraterrestrial civilizations with advanced technology exist, (though whether they are composed of little grey men with large heads who conduct obscure medical experiments on humans is another matter) beings like ghosts and goblins seem to be stretching things a bit. Everyone has the right to their own subjective reality, but they shouldn't go expecting to prove to others the veracity of their claims without sufficient evidence.
Your story makes a great point about the dubiousness of taking a single, fleeting sensory experience at face value. Our brains are wired to fill in a narrative even when one doesn't naturally present itself. The good thing about the scientific method is that it forces you to slow down, take a step back, and rely on reason rather than emotion in seeking the truth. - 11:21 pm
great blog entry mate.
i remember when i was about 11 using a telescope in my back garden i was trying to find andromeda in the sky and this great big orange saucer shape flew over my house! it looked like a classic glowing saucer with a sort of motion blur.
obviously my first thought was 'cool a UFO'! then i felt a little vulnerable out there in the dark...then i remember being confused about what else it possibly could have been...
i never believed it was anything alien for a second...but i was a little shaken as i couldnt readily explain it...
im going for reflection off clouds as a solution but never really been satisfied with it. powerful thing paredolia eh. - 1:59 am


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White Night | ||||||||
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A review by Michael M Jones
The White Council is several years into a deadly war against the Vampire Courts, a war which has already claimed many of the White
Council's best and brightest, leaving them dangerously spread out. Harry's got his hands full with his new apprentice, who just
happens to be the daughter of one of his best friends, and he's still teaching her the finer points of subtlety, control, and
good behavior. And just when he thinks he can't quite juggle any more problems, a major one hits Chicago, in the form of a
serial killer preying upon the city's low-level and less powerful magical practitioners. Unfortunately, the very people he
wants to help are the ones least likely to actually trust him now that he's accepted the cloak of a Warden. Worse still, all
evidence points towards Harry's half-brother Thomas, a vampire who's been acting awfully suspicious of late.
As the investigation drags on, several old faces -- both friend and foe -- return to bedevil and befuddle poor Harry, and as
he gets caught right in the middle of a daring power play in the White Court of the vampires, he'll need every resource,
ally, and trick he can muster. In this case, there are no easy answers, or solutions.
White Night is, as expected, an adrenaline-fueled adventure that mixes action, mystery, and magic into a seamless,
nonstop story. Every time we think we have it all figured out, Harry uncovers a new clue that puts an entirely different
spin on things. When old characters show up out of the blue, and newer characters get involved, it's never for exactly the
reasons one might immediately suspect, and that's part of what makes it such a fun read. In this world,
everyone -- good and bad -- is complex and full of surprises. And believe me, there were things even I didn't see coming in this book.
As always, Jim Butcher quite ably builds upon the seeds planted in the previous books in the series. Time passes in the world of The
Dresden Files, enough that we can actually see how these things progress. And nowhere is this more evident than in
the case of Harry Dresden himself, who's matured over the course of eight books, growing from a rebellious wizard clearly on
the outs with the Powers That Be, to a capable, confident, effective leader. The Harry we first met was a man living under
a suspended death sentence from the White Council; the Harry that battles his way through the events of this book is one
of the White Council's best agents, responsible for the safety and training of new Wardens and likewise responsible for
an apprentice of his very own. To see this tangible growth is one of the best payouts long-term readers can ask for.
Harry's not the only one capable of change and growth, however. Thomas, Murphy, Molly, they all have their slow-burning
character arcs, which see some satisfactory progress here, as do some of the other major secondary characters to occupy
this world. One of the most satisfying -- and somewhat surprising -- appearances had to be that of Harry's perennial
foil, "Gentleman" John Marcone, Chicago's preeminent crime lord. All I'll say is that he takes a step towards becoming a
truly major player in this story.
I tried to explain the appeal of this series a little while ago, and what I came up with was that while Butcher offers a
complex story with all sorts of different elements, he manages to keep the tone accessible and the language
simple. The Dresden Files aren't dumbed-down by any means, but Harry Dresden's viewpoint is, quite simply,
that of the common man, and it's as easy to relate to him as readers once did to Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer, for
example. Butcher makes it easy to get involved in what's going on, and even when things get messy and magical, they're
still grounded in a real setting (most of the time). See, there are good reasons why The Dresden Files
are some of the best urban fantasy on the market. And in a field that seems to be flooded with strong female characters
(and that's not even counting the overlap with the paranormal romance subgenre), it's nice to see an old-fashioned white
knight like Harry Dresden still in play.
In all honesty, White Night isn't an ideal jumping-on point. As the eighth book in the series, it plays off the
story elements, plotlines, and character bits set up in the preceding seven, and a newcomer probably wouldn't appreciate
some of the nuances.
My only complaint, and it's a minor one, is that some plot threads are taking forever to be resolved, and I'm getting
antsy to find out the truth behind the "Black Council," and just what Harry plans to do with the sword in his umbrella
stand, to name a few of said threads. But I have faith in Butcher, and I know he's playing a long-term game here, and
that the wait will be worth it. Newcomers are well-advised to start with Storm Front and work their way forward. Those
who are already fans, on the other hand, are unlikely to be disappointed in another excellent installment
of The Dresden Files. As far as I'm concerned, this is another home run for Jim Butcher, and I heartily recommend it.
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Make more elaborate paper craft projects with this Background Staining Technique from Theresa Cifali. You'll love the gorgeous look of this staining technique.
- Tim Holtz's Adirondack Color Wash
- Watercolor paper
- Freezer paper or another non-porous work surface
- Paper towels
- Windex
- Since this technique involves introducing a lot of moisture to paper you are going to want to choose a paper that can stand up to that. I like to use watercolor paper. I used these small post card size that I will later stamp on and layer onto the front of a card.
- Before I get started, I cover my work surface with freezer paper, which you can find right in the grocery store. You'll want to make sure that you have the shiny side up as that will be your palette. It is the perfect palette because when you are done with your first set of color, you can just wipe it right up and start all over.
- After you've covered your surface, choose between 2 and 3 colors to create your design. Spray them right onto the freezer paper.
- I tried this technique with water and it will work. However, I discovered that the colors really pop if you spray some Windex onto it. Then it looks like this...
- Then you take your paper and press it down into the mixture. Tap the paper to make sure that the whole surface gets covered. Don't worry...the curling that occurs is normal. It will straighten out some as it dries and then pressing it under some heavy books will take it the rest of the way.
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Apparently, New York Police officers use possession of condoms (especially more than one condom) as one of the factors in determining whether there is probable cause to arrest someone for prostitution or loitering for the purposes of prostitution. It's a foolish policy for health reasons, but the state legislature has so far declined to stop it.
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DENVER {AP} Eight of nine sex offenders who were turned loose in the weeks between a state Supreme Court ruling on parole guidelines and the court's agreement to reconsider were taken back into custody on Sunday.
"The ninth parolee is believed to be out of state, and officers are working with officials there," said Alison Morgan, spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections. She declined to provide further details.
Morgan said parole officers and local law enforcement had no difficulty taking the eight men into custody on Sunday. All of those released had been jailed for parole violations.
The confusion began when the state Supreme Court ruled on Sept. 18 that a 1993 law adding five-year paroles to felony convictions could not be applied to sex crimes.
The court said a 1979 law limits parole for sex crimes to no more than the original sentence, therefore sentences of less than five years could not have a five-year parole attached. Any sex offenders in prison for violating such a parole must be released, the court said.
Attorney General Ken Salazar asked the court to reconsider, and on Friday, the court stayed its earlier ruling and ordered a new hearing. The stay gave corrections officers the authority to put the nine men who already had been released back behind bars.
No date was set for the new hearing.
If the court's ruling stands, it could free 112 sex offenders in prison for parole violations and release an additional 170 offenders from parole supervision and mandatory therapy, Corrections Department Director John Suthers said. Six hundred other offenders could be released from prison without parole once they complete their sentences.
The release of the nine sex offenders had left victims of sex crimes in the state outraged and fearful.
"You live in a state of fear that either your attacker or someone else will victimize you, and to know that more of them are out on the street today, it's scary," said Marianne Mayer, a rape victim from Denver. "It upset me enough that I was close to tears."
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Crotalus cerastes
Crotalus cerastes | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Serpentes |
Family: | Viperidae |
Subfamily: | Crotalinae |
Genus: | Crotalus |
Species: | C. cerastes |
Binomial name | |
Crotalus cerastes Hallowell, 1854 |
Synonyms | |
Crotalus cerastes is a venomous pit viper species belonging to the genus Crotalus (rattlesnakes) and found in the desert regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here.[3]
A small species, adult specimens measure between 43 cm and 76 cm (17 and 30 in) in length.[2] Most adults are 50–80 cm (19.8 to 32 in) in length.[4] The females are larger than the males, which is unusual for this group of snakes.[5]
Usually, 21 rows of keeled dorsal scales occur midbody.[2][6] Males have 141 or fewer ventral scales; females have 144 or fewer.[2] It is sometimes referred to as the horned rattlesnake because of the raised supraocular scales above its eyes. This adaptation may help shade the eyes or prevent sand drifting over them as the snake lies almost buried in it.[5]
The color pattern consists of a ground color that may be cream, buff, yellowish-brown, pink, or ash gray, overlaid with 28-47 dorsal blotches subrhombic or subelliptical in shape.[4] In the nominate subspecies, the belly is white and the proximal lobe of the rattle is brown in adults. Klauber and Neill describe the ability of this species to display different coloration depending on the temperature—a process known as metachrosis.[2]
Common names[edit]
Sidewinder, horned rattlesnake, sidewinder rattlesnake, Mojave Desert sidewinder (for C. c. cerastes),[2] sidewinder rattler.[7]
Geographic range[edit]
In the southwestern United States, this species is found in the desert region of eastern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and western Arizona. In northwestern Mexico, it is found in western Sonora and eastern Baja California.
Conservation status[edit]
This species is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2001).[8] Species are listed as such due to their wide distribution, presumed large population, or because they are unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category. The population trend was stable when assessed in 2007.[9]
The common name sidewinder alludes to its unusual form of locomotion, which is thought to give it traction on windblown desert sand, but this peculiar locomotor specialization is used on any substrate over which the sidewinder can move rapidly. As its body progresses over loose sand, it forms a letter J-shaped impression, with the tip of the hook pointing in the direction of travel. Sidewinding is also the primary mode of locomotion in other desert sand dwellers, such as the horned adder (Bitis caudalis) and Peringuey's adder (Bitis peringueyi), but many other snakes can assume this form of locomotion when on slick substrates (e.g., mud flats). Sidewinder rattlesnakes can use sidewinding to ascend sandy slopes by increasing the portion of the body in contact with the sand to match the reduced yielding force of the inclined sand, allowing them to ascend up to the maximum possible sand slope without slip.[10] Implementing this control scheme in a Snakebot capable of sidewinding allowed the robot to replicate the success of the snakes.[10]
The species is nocturnal during hot months and diurnal during the cooler months of its activity period, which is roughly from March to November (probably longer in the southern part of its range).
Juveniles use their tails to attract lizard prey (see video: [1]), a behavior termed "caudal luring". Adults lose this behavior as they make the transition from lizard prey to their primary diet of desert rodents. Sidewinder juveniles appear to mimic both life stages of lepidopterans in their luring motions. Their fast luring motions resemble the fluttering of a moth, and their slower tail movements resemble a caterpillar. Both movements have been observed to attract prey lizards.[11]
Neonatal sidewinders engage in a remarkable behavioral homeothermy that has not been observed in any other type of snake.[12] Following birth, the neonates mass together in their natal burrow. Most often, gravid females select an east-facing, small-diameter rodent burrow for giving birth. For the first week or so of their lives, neonatal sidewinders literally plug the entrance to this burrow during daylight hours, forming a dynamic multiple-individual mass that takes advantage of the hot exterior environment and the cool interior of the burrow to maintain an average aggregate temperature of 32 °C (the optimal temperature for shedding). The dynamic mass of neonates modifies the thermal environment at the burrow entrance such that the young can occupy a location that would ordinarily become lethally hot for an individual neonate (or even an adult).[12] Because of the constant movements of the neonates, the aggregate assumes stable temperature properties reminiscent of a homeothermic organism (i.e., maintains tight temperature tolerance ± 2 °C).
Females produce up to 18 young, with an average of about 10 per litter. Like most other viperids, the young are born enveloped in thin embryonic membranes, from which they emerge shortly after being expelled from the mother. The young stay with their mother in a burrow for seven to 10 days, shed for the first time, then leave their natal burrow. During this time, the mother is thought to guard and protect them from predators.
Sidewinders mature at two to three years of age, are capable of reproducing annually, and give birth to live young. Some females skip reproductive opportunities.[13] Some might even skip two years if the food supply is scarce. Sidewinders mate in April through May and sometimes in fall. When the male and female mate, the male snake crawls along the female's back, rubbing her with his chin to stimulate or arouse her. The male then will wrap his tail around her tail, and then will try to bring their cloacae together. The cloaca is the posterior body opening through which snakes both excrete waste and reproduce. If the female wants to mate, she will lift her tail and allow him to mate with her. The snakes can mate for several hours, and if one of the snakes decides to move, the other is dragged along. Females might mate with several males in a season. Females give birth to five to 18 young in late summer to early fall. The young are born six to eight inches long. The birth takes only two to three hours altogether. Within a few minutes of being born, the baby sidewinder escapes from a thin, transparent membrane. The young stay at their natal burrow for seven to ten days until they shed,[12] and then they disappear and have no future contact with their mother or their litter mates. While the density of sidewinders can be up to one individual per hectare, they rarely encounter each other except during mating season.[13]
Sidewinders have an extraordinarily accelerated lifecycle, with natural life expectancies of females of about five years.[13] Males may live quite a bit longer (maximum known natural lifespan of 13 years). Sidewinders can live more than 20 years when well fed in captivity (even females). Thus, energetics apparently factor heavily into natural female mortality,[13] whereas predation might be the primary pressure on males. In the wild, females often die of exhaustion after giving birth, but the lives of sidewinders are also cut short by predation, diseases, and vehicle encounters.
These snakes are venomous, but possess a weaker venom than many other rattlesnakes. This, together with the smaller size of their venom glands, makes them less dangerous than their larger relatives. Still, any rattlesnake bite can be fatal and should be taken seriously and medical attention sought immediately.
Norris (2004) lists the following venom yields: 33 mg average and 63 mg maximum (Klauber, 1956), and 30 mg average and 80 mg maximum (Glenn & Straight, 1982).[14] Brown (1973) gives a venom yield of 33 mg (Klauber, 1956) and LD50 values for mice of 2.6 mg/kg IV, 3.0, 4.0, 2.3 mg/kg IP and 5.5 mg/kg SC for toxicity. With these figures, Brown calculated that the LD50 for an adult human being weighing 70 kg would be 385 mg (SC).[15]
Bites can cause pain, swelling, hemorrhagic bleb formation, and ecchymosis. Any swelling is usually not particularly severe, but it can involve all of the affected limb, as well as the trunk. Systemic symptoms can include nausea, dizziness, chills, coagulopathy, and shock.[14] Klauber (1997) includes an account of a man who had been bitten on the first joint of the index finger of the right hand, with only a single fang penetrating. Although the bite was described as no more painful than a pin prick, a doctor was seen within about 25 minutes, and 10 cc of antivenin were administered. Within 2.5 hours, his entire arm was swollen and the pain was severe, "as if the arm were soaked in a bucket of boiling oil."[16]
Ovine-derived antivenom, CroFab, for North American pit viper envenomation has been widely available since 2001. Consultation with a local expert or regional poison control center should be obtained before administering antivenom. The previous antivenin (ACP) is no longer manufactured.
Subspecies[3] | Taxon author[3] | Common name[16] | Geographic range[2] |
C. c. cerastes | Hallowell, 1854 | Mojave Desert sidewinder | In the United States in the desert areas from northeastern Los Angeles County and San Bernardino County, California, northward to southern Mono County, California, east across Nevada to Washington County, Utah, and south through Mohave County, Arizona in desert lowlands at elevations between 152 and 1,829 m |
C. c. cercobombus | Savage & Cliff, 1953 | Sonoran Desert sidewinder | In the United States from Yuma, Maricopa, Pima and Pinal Counties in Arizona, southward into Sonora, Mexico |
C. c. laterorepens | Klauber, 1944 | Colorado Desert sidewinder | The desert areas in the United States from central and eastern Riverside County, California, to Pinal County, Arizona, south to northwestern Sonora in Mexico, and northwest to northeastern Baja California, from the Colorado River to the desert foothills at elevations between 152 and 610 m |
In popular culture[edit]
- The AIM-9 Sidewinder missile is named after this species of snake.
- In Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill movies, Michael Madsen's character's codename is Sidewinder.
- The American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold made a song on the album City of Evil called "Sidewinder".
- American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers mentioned sidewinders in Parallel Universe.
- The Tucson Sidewinders (1998–2008) were a minor league baseball team based in Tucson, Arizona.
- The American alternative rock band R.E.M has a song titled The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite.
See also[edit]
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalus by common name
- Crotalus by taxonomic synonyms
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
- ^ McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b c d e f g Wright AH, Wright AA. 1957. Handbook of Snakes. Comstock Publishing Associates. (7th printing, 1985). 1105 pp. ISBN 0-8014-0463-0.
- ^ a b c "Crotalus cerastes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 February 2007.
- ^ a b Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
- ^ a b Stidworthy J. 1974. Snakes of the World. Grosset & Dunlap Inc. 160 pp. ISBN 0-448-11856-4.
- ^ Behler JL, King FW. 1979. The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles and Amphibians. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 743 pp. LCCCN 79-2217. ISBN 0-394-50824-6.
- ^ Carr A. 1963. The Reptiles. Life Nature Library. Time-Life Books, New York. LCCCN 63-12781.
- ^ Crotalus cerastes at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 13 September 2007.
- ^ 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1) at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 13 September 2007.
- ^ a b http://www.sciencemag.org/content/346/6206/224.short
- ^ Reiserer, R. S. and G. W. Schuett (2008) Aggressive mimicry in neonates of the sidewinder rattlesnake, Crotalus cerastes (Serpentes: Viperidae): stimulus control and visual perception of prey luring. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95:81-91(11).
- ^ a b c Reiserer, R. S., G. W. Schuett, and R. L. Early (2008) Dynamic aggregations of newborn sibling rattlesnakes exhibit stable thermoregulatory properties. Journal of Zoology 274:277-283(7).
- ^ a b c d Reiserer, R. S. 2001. Evolution of Life Histories in Rattlesnakes, University of California, Berkeley. Advisors: Harry W. Greene and James L. Patton. ProQuest Digital Dissertations: http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/gateway.
- ^ a b Norris R. 2004. Venom Poisoning in North American Reptiles. In Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
- ^ Brown JH. 1973. Toxicology and Pharmacology of Venoms from Poisonous Snakes. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. 184 pp. LCCCN 73-229. ISBN 0-398-02808-7.
- ^ a b Klauber LM. 1997. Rattlesnakes: Their Habitats, Life Histories, and Influence on Mankind. Second Edition. First published in 1956, 1972. University of California Press, Berkeley. ISBN 0-520-21056-5.
Further reading[edit]
- Hallowell, E. Descriptions of new Reptiles from California. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 91-97.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crotalus cerastes. |
- Crotalus cerastes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 3 August 2007.
- Crotalus cerastes cerastes at California Reptiles and Amphibians. Accessed 5 February 2007.
- Crotalus cerastes at WildHerps. Accessed 5 February 2007.
- The Sidewinder at VenomousReptiles.org. Accessed 5 February 2007.
- Mojave Desert Sidewinder at Bird and Hike . com. Accessed 5 February 2007.


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Prince Fielder figured a few hits were about to come his way.
Fielder connected for a go-ahead, three-run homer in the fifth inning and added a soaring, two-run shot in the seventh to lift the Detroit Tigers to an 8-3 win over the New York Yankees on Friday.
He hit his first two home runs of the season before a crowd of 45,051, the most to attend an opening-day game in the 14 years of Comerica Park.
A few hours before the first pitch, Tigers manager Jim Leyland insisted he wasn't worried about how poorly his team fared at the plate in their season-opening series.
''This team is going to hit,'' Leyland said Friday morning. ''If it doesn't, I would be totally shocked.''
Fielder had the 25th multihomer game of his career — his third with the Tigers — and joined Kirk Gibson and Dmitri Young as the three Tigers who hit at least two homers and had at least five RBI in a home opener.
Fielder had just two hits in Minnesota, where Detroit lost a three-game series after averaging fewer than three runs earlier in the week.
''I knew I was getting close,'' Fielder said.
Fielder almost got another hit, and perhaps an additional RBI, but his liner to right was caught by former teammate Brennan Boesch as he slammed against the wall.
Doug Fister (1-0) allowed three runs on six hits — including Kevin Youkilis' two-run homer in the fifth — over five innings. Drew Smyly pitched four perfect innings and struck out five for his first career save.
''I didn't even know you got a save in a situation like that until someone told me after the game,'' he said.
Besides the loss, the banged-up Yankees had another setback on a sun-splashed, cool afternoon in the Motor City.
Eduardo Nunez, filling in for shortstop Derek Jeter, was hit on his right biceps by Fister's pitch in the fourth and left the game. X-rays were negative, a relief for him and the Yankees.
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While it may seem like she grew up interested in public health, it's actually quite the opposite. "I was always good at math, so I decided to pursue a master's degree in statistics and found that the [CSPH] program was the best fit for me," says Erin.
"I didn't really understand what public health was until I started my masters program," she continues. "I have since developed an interest in public health and am now furthering my education in the epidemiology PhD program."
As a PhD student, Erin has been able to be a teaching assistant (TA) in two courses: "Epidemiology" and "Analytical Epidemiology". Because she greatly enjoys teaching and is interested in becoming a professor, Erin will continue to TA "Epidemiology" this fall.
She says, "There is no better way to really know the material than to teach it. The faculty who have supervised my TA experience have given me incredible opportunities to really learn my field and learn how to be a good teacher."
Eventually, Erin would like to teach and conduct her own research. While her role as a project coordinator at BMS/DCC is allowing her to manage and work with data looking at the long-term outcomes for burn injury survivors, she has yet to narrow down her own research interests.
Recently, on a work trip to Galveston, Texas to visit the Shriner's Hospital for Children, Erin developed an interest in injury epidemiology. While visiting the pediatric burn clinics associated with BMS/DCC, Erin says she saw children suffering from large burns, many of which were from abuse. Erin says this sparked her passion for studying intentional injuries.
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This is Star Trek, not Second Life, IMVU [Insert stupid online social game] with the 'ADULT' content.
I can easily see CBS throwing an epic fit if Cryptic dared to even go that way. Least of all because a Certificate 18 STO cuts off the fanbase and would bring in major flak for it.
Who let the Troll out of the bag?
Seriuesly no one where saying it would have to be anything remotedly adult contend. someone else point out that in SWG you could marry and get a ring. Thats not the only game,, Everquest (could get the GM's to preform the cermony and all) Everquest2 (player crafted items) Dark Age of Camelot... and thats just THREE games out of a dozen. none of them got flag as Adult, and personally it sounds to me like you have no clue as to what your saying..


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The use of a panel of solicitors allows Council to use specialist firms when necessary and to also use alternative solicitors from the panel when considered necessary. Appointment for next 12 months Each of Council's panel of solicitors has been written to regarding their interest in continuing to serve on the panel for the next 12 months. All have responded saying they are happy to serve as Council's solicitors. In regard to having a local principal solicitor both Cooney Harvey Doney and Wrights Legal have sought to be Council's principal solicitor. Role of Principal Solicitor THIS IS PAGE 1 OF THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES SUBMITTED TO THE ORDINARY MEETING OF THE KEMPSEY SHIRE COUNCIL HELD ON TUESDAY, 11TH DECEMBER 2007. J-2 By appointing a principal solicitor it was seen as a first point of contact for general legal work and allows this solicitor to become familiar with Council's issues. The alternative solicitors on the panel are then used for any matters deemed necessary including conflicts of interest cases or for specialist matters. Cooney Harvey Doney have been Council's principal solicitors for the last term (and a number of years before that) and feedback from Council's officers is that their service has generally been good and thorough. Some delays have occurred on particular matters as can happen with most legal issues. Some councils in the Mid North Coast group appoint a panel of solicitors with work shared amongst them rather than have one principal solicitor. Cooney Harvey Doney are recommended again as Council's principal solicitor based on their experience with Council matters. While Wrights Legal seek to be given an opportunity to gain that experience it could be questioned whether the service level provided by Cooney Harvey Doney could be matched by them. Fees for Service The fees proposed to be charged for the next 12 months by the solicitors on the panel range from $250.00 to $300.00 per hour for Lawyer work. Cooney Harvey Doney have advised there would be no increase from their rate last year and are in the lower of this range. Their quoted hourly rate is lower than that of Wrights Legal. Debt Recovery and Public Liability legal actions not included While the appointed firms will handle the majority of Council's legal matters, it does not include public liability cases or debt recovery work as Council's appointed public liability insurer and debt recovery firm will appoint own selected law firms to act on behalf of Council. Services related to public liability and debt recovery provided by these legal firms will be deemed as a separate service to that provided by Council's panel of solicitors. REPORT IMPLICATIONS: Environmental Nil Social Nil Economic (Financial) Council's legal costs are funded from its allocations for legal expenses. These allocations are separated into Admin legal expenses, development control, and rates recovery legal expenses. Estimating such costs is always going to be subject to fluctuations depending on the number of matters that are THIS IS PAGE 2 OF THE REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR CORPORATE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES SUBMITTED TO THE ORDINARY MEETING OF THE KEMPSEY SHIRE COUNCIL HELD ON TUESDAY, 11TH DECEMBER 2007. J-3 litigated. Legal costs incurred in rate recovery are passed on to the ratepayer. The budgets for legal services in 2007 - 2008 are:- Administration $36,800 Development Control $35,000 Rates Recovery $41,000 Legal costs paid to the panel solicitors in the 12 months to 31st October 2007 were:- Cooney Harvey Doney $46,443 Barrister services (sourced by CHD) $16,753 Wrights Legal $ 620 Donovan Oates & Hannaford $ 908 Marsdens $ 2,759 Maddocks $ Nil Policy or Statutory Council does not have a policy on its appointment of solicitors. The practice of this Council is for the appointment of solicitors to be referred to Council each year and the appointment made for 12 months. Should Council wish to make an appointment for a longer term, it would need to invite formal tenders. The Local Government (General) Regulation, section 163(2), provides that tendering is not required for a contract or service of an amount less than $150,000. A 12 month appointment also allows for a formal review by Council of the service provided each year and is recommended. 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If you are an enterprise architect, or otherwise influence the enterprise architecture of your organization, you are likely involved in a yearly cycle of EA Planning. In the best practices of EA, such cycles generally review the current state of Information Technology (your "as-is" IT portfolio) and develop a future state. The future state is the architecture plan of where you are going and what you are going to build; it's analogous to a building architect's plans and schedules for a building. The best architects are cognizant of the new methods, tools and materials at their disposal and the value these resources bring to the plan, as well as when and how to deploy them.
In this light, the enterprise architect will scan the industry analysts, the trade journals and the vendors for ideas and trends. Here is my short list of six trends for 2012:
1. Big Data – Databases of large magnitude are not uncommon anymore. I recall discussions at client sites only ten years ago lamenting how hard it was to handle terabytes of data. The physical constraints and cost of storage per unit is declining, and now we speak of exabytes and zettabytes of storage. The data isn't just traditional databases of the 3rd normalized form, but unstructured data, email, video, mobile, and much more. Your future state architecture should consider tools, methods and infrastructure to support initiatives like access, de-duplication, appropriate backup and recovery, and retention strategy. Analytics and social media are a huge part of this. [Note to EAs: well-informed Information Architects are going to be your new best friend on this one.]
2. Data analytics – This adjunct to the big data discussion highlights the growing demand for data analytic tools, process, and access to data that has not been traditionally accessed. Not only is the structured data valuable for analysis, so is what you can glean from social media or combinations of your data silos, marts and warehouses in the organization. If your cloud strategy is in place, have you considered providing a service to create a data snapshot for analysis? For example, the user selects the dataset service; the cloud service provisions the infrastructure and software and copies the snapshot for use; and the user pays for use, decommissioning and releasing the service when complete, and perhaps doing the same thing next month.
3. Consumerization of IT- As an EA, your focus has traditionally centered on what the business needs, and how to support it. In the past, the "business architecture" was derived from key business stakeholders, and used to create the application, information, security and infrastructure architectures. Consumerization of IT suggests a revision to that model by making IT responsive to its consumers, users and clients with content and solutions they expect, provisioned as Instant-On . It suggests a commoditization of IT products, and it suggests services offered as a menu of choices. The latter is competitive to that which they can purchase outside IT and which they can provision instantly. It suggests the consideration of the social media strategy. Consumerization of IT also suggests that a number of innovations are required to support these demands.
4. Mobility –Unless you are under a rock, you already see the influence of mobility on your future state architecture, and likely it is already a part of the current state architecture. This year, however, mobility is no longer a bolt-on solution for email and texting in the enterprise. It is being promoted by the consumer of IT as the preferred device for interactions through "apps." "Bring your own device" or BYOD is becoming the norm rather than the exception. How will you handle lost devices that have sensitive data on board? [Hint: develop a remote wiping strategy, or limit access]. It's unwise to ignore your unified communication strategy. Unified Communications as-a-service (UCaaS)* needs to be discussed as a strategy (see this Network World report: top 5 UC predictions for 2012).
5. Context-aware IT – Programmers and designers always consider the parameters of where their products are used, and by whom, but context awareness is a paradigm where new and existing products must be aware of, or capable of understanding, their operation based on the user's intentions, location, history, tasks or other context-related information. If I am a plant manager, my interface to technology will change as I use my mobile device in the factory or at home, or if I use my desktop. As a mobile worker, I would like to enter my timesheet easily while I'm on the road, from a smartphone app, and have full access to reports and detailed data when I'm in the office. It is deeper than this when one considers the implications for analytics, cloud service selection (the selection asking, "You chose a development platform last time, do you want the same thing now?") or web-based client interactions.
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The Evans Genealogical Collection began with the research of Dr. W. A. Evans on his families and other families of Monroe County and the majority of our holdings reflect its beginnings. Miss Lucille Peacock continued the development of the Genealogical Collection, which now attracts visitors from all of the fifty states.
For persons wishing to conduct research in Monroe County, Mississippi, listed below are some answers to some frequently asked questions.
Mississippi Law did not require Birth and Death Records to be kept until November 1, 1912. Copies of these records may be requested from the Bureau of Vital Statistics, P.O. Box 1700, Jackson, Mississippi 39205
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Robust case-weighting for multipurpose establishment surveys.
Chambers, R.L. (1996) Robust case-weighting for multipurpose establishment surveys. Journal of Official Statistics, 12, (1), 3-32.
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Case-weighting or assigning a unique weight to each sample unit is a popular method of sample weighting when internal consistency of the survey estimates is paramount. If in addition external constraints on key variables (the survey benchmarks) must also be met, then case-weights computed via generalised least squares, based on an assumed linear regression model for the survey variables, can be used. Unfortunately, this method of weighting can lead to negative case-weights. It is also susceptible to bias if the linear model is misspecified. This article proposes a modified method of linear regression-based case-weighting which ensures positive weights via use of a ridging procedure, and model misspecification robustness via the inclusion of a nonparametric regression bias correction factor. Empirical results which illustrate the gains from the new method of weighting are presented
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ISSNs: | 0282-423X (print) |
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Keywords: | sample surveys, sample weighting, model-based approach, ridge regression, nonparametric regression |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HA Statistics |
Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Social Statistics |
ePrint ID: | 34175 |
Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2007 |
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I think that you would say that this is false.
The actual duel (or tournament) is between Morgan and Sir Sagramore. However, you can look at it as a duel between Morgan and Merlin. Morgan says that everyone in the know was aware that it was really a duel between him and Merlin. The reason for this is that Merlin was explicitly on Sir Sagramore's side. He was giving Sir Sagramore all sorts of magical advantages so that he could beat Morgan.
When the duel happens, Morgan humiliates Sagramore by lassoing him and then finally kills him by shooting him after Merlin has taken away Morgan's lasso by magic.
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